dauphinbienveillant Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 I want to buy it but.....I'm not sure...what's your advice?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonie Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 I personally think it would be quite a good buy. In its design it is not too original, but if you ever feel like sharpening the skills with your joystick then that's the game to play. The difficulty level is quite nasty at Superhuman (despite the fact that many people claim that your wingmen can just swoop in and save the day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasSte Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 The base management side of this game is on a par with other xcom games, and the probe business is good, but i really hate flying the combat missions because the controls on this game's flight simulator are dodgy to say the least. Most of the time the wingmen can pick off your target before you get a chance to hit it(unless you use the expensive missiles) and even then most of those miss their target! However, do not let this put you off! The game is a nice touch to the series, varied enough to be interesting and you soon get used to the combat!I hope that this will help you to make up your mind either way, but I personally would say YES! I have this game and really enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngy108 Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 yes its a very good buy probably one of the best space flight sims ive played. But make sure its in english though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauphinbienveillant Posted April 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 It could also be funny to have it in french  Yeah, I'm a french canadian, many also say "frog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth Posted May 1, 2003 Report Share Posted May 1, 2003 Are you crazy..........? Of course it's a good buy. Interceptor is the only x-com game that you have total control over the fighting, and it's great fun. one of the best parts is the base an research part. the researching is (well i think ) the pest of all the x-com games, no more scentistis, they are a waste of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Strike Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Actually, I bought my copy of Interceptor for $10 USD. So, I guess that's a good buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 Ha ha, Strike. $4.99, right here! The game is so cheap right now I wonder if it can pay for the packaging it comes in when you buy it! I would say yes, it is a good buy. It isn't the best space flight combat sim out there, imho, X-Wing: Alliance takes the cake. It's a good game though, although I got quite pissed when the last alien transmission you have to research NEVER CAME. I like the game though, although it was my least favorite out of the four (I don't even count enforcer as a game). The base management is cool, I like completely maxing my base out full of laser turrets and just watching the fireworks when some loser squadron of sectoids comes to try and beat me up. In conclusion, buy it. Unless it's over $10, then don't. But I doubt it would be that expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 Maybe, I haven't heard enough to know how good it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauphinbienveillant Posted August 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 I finnally bought it when I received my new credit card and I think I've made a good trade, even if, with shiping and handling fees it cost me CAN$ 22. I'm probably the only one to have it in my province but I don't care, i'm a big x-com fan. My next target?? a demo of enforcer (a very long download with my computer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I bought the game at zellers for 9.99$ can I really enjoyed the game except about the research download part (One at a time) and the build a base at thr edge of sensor thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Getting a bit dated now, without the inherant loveability of the original games, but still a gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarius Scorch Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I never played space combat simulators, but this one keeps me at my machine. Speaks for itself, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 *sniff* If only my new-fangled PC would let it play properly without adding things liek space mines that aren't really there on missions and so forth  Still, great game and I'm sure I've got an old PC ehre somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 I've just bought home my last pc Got a 95, 98 and two XP computers here now One is for work though  I find Interceptor runs perfectly on the '98 system, not at all on the others! But then saying that, windows is wierd... Especially on internet connected computers (as always) but I find the same version of windows differs between computers... As far as the actual game oes though (thanks SS, this is another nice res you've gotten us into!) I love XCom and I adore space sims, all sorts of them... Unfortunately as Mouse said, Interceptor didn't blend them so well as it could have done. All the XCom games are getting old but the fact they're XCom makes them infinitely replayable. I feel the same with Interceptor and personally I could replay it constantly but it's lost a little of the depth of the original games and kind of exists just to 'brand the genre' much like the poorly reviewed Enforcer... I love it, a lot of people don't, buy it and see what you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 I bought it a long time ago and played it a few times. It was a game of it's time but I never seem to go back to it as I do the others. I remember getting so annoyed at the lack of pics for the pilots, at every base the faces were the same, it was like living in Norfolk. Small thing I know but I like to 'live' in the games I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Oi I grew up in Norfolk! And I dare you to find another guy as good looking as me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Yeah but everyone knows you are one-off sort of guy. Â I could have said Lincolnshire but I have to be carefull as I live there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accounting Troll Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 How about mid-Wales? That's pretty inbred and most of it doesn't have internet (or even telephone) access. Where else would people think that shoving some plastic ducks in the river and betting on which one is the fastest is entertainment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarius Scorch Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 How about mid-Wales? That's pretty inbred and most of it doesn't have internet (or even telephone) access. Where else would people think that shoving some plastic ducks in the river and betting on which one is the fastest is entertainment? Well, it's aways better than playing baseball using pedestrians instead of balls. Should I really name the places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 too true, I love being English! Crazy foreigners eh Mid Wales I can accept... I did used to live in south Wales too though so make sure its mid ok! And we have duck races round here where I am now in Sussex too. It's the peak of enteratainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Seems duck racing is universal, there are loads of them here. One in particular is worth watching though. Powered ducks - some of them are quite inovative including one that raised and lowered it's own sails!! While we are on the subject, where is this drought I keep hearing about? It hasn't stopped raining here for at least a fortnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 The drought is in SE England. I've had beautiful wether virtually 7 days a week for months both in Oxfordshire and here in Sussex! The rain seems to be starting up again now though, its not often but every so often it'll have a little shower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 That is weird, were just a couple of counties away and it's like a Ridlet Scott film set here/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Nightshirt Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I don't understand you English people. My good friend Mike and I, being Northern Irish and living in the NE of England find you all baffling and we point and laugh at you behind your backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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